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FAA to Recompete $500M Airspace Mgmt System Modernization Contract
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that it will recompete a 10-year, $500M contract that seeks to update the agency's Time Based Flow Management aviation platform, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. The contract covers modernization services for the TBFM system designed to utilize flight, global positioning system, radar and weather data for departure and arrival planning […] More
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Insitu, University of Alaska Fairbanks Obtain FAA Approval for Autonomous BVLOS Test Flights
Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct unmanned beyond-visual-line-of-sight and nighttime test flights. The effort will help authorize autonomous drone flights in the National Airspace System, at or below an altitude of 400 feet, Insitu said Wednesday. Esina Alic, president and CEO of […] More
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Report: FAA Aims to Transition Enterprise IT Network to FISMA ‘High’ Category
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced plans to recategorize from “moderate“ to “high“ level its enterprise information technology network under the Federal Information Security Management Act, FCW reported Monday. The move to update the FISMA categorization of the FAA Enterprise Network Services program is part of the agency's efforts to modernize its air traffic control system. […] More
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National Academy of Sciences to Help Army Form Science & Technical Board
The National Academy of Sciences has received a potential five-year, $30 million contract to establish a board that would tackle science and technical matters of interest to the U.S. Army. NAS will form the group to serve as the convening authority to lead periodic discussions, workshops and studies for the military branch, the Defense Department said […] More
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General Atomics' Chris Pehrson to Speak at TTC UAS Symposium
Chris Pehrson, vice president for Defense Department strategic development at General Atomics' aeronautical systems business, will serve as a guest speaker at Technology Training Corp.-hosted Unmanned Aircraft Systems East for Defense and Government symposium that will kick off Saturday, Nov. 7, in Washington, D.C. Pehrson is one of the 24 guest presenters who will discuss emerging […] More
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National Academy of Sciences to Conduct Aeronautics Research Under NASA Contract
The National Academy of Sciences has been awarded a potential five-year, $30.1 million contract by NASA to perform studies and assessments for the space agency’s aeronautics research mission directorate. NASA said Tuesday the nonprofit organization will assemble an independent group of scientists and engineers from both the public and private sectors to conduct research into various issues related to aeronautics and space programs and policies. The […] More
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Evoqua to Help Navy Install Wastewater Treatment System at Jacksonville NAS
The U.S. Navy has awarded Evoqua Water Technologies a five-year contract to provide wastewater treatment services to a naval air station located in Jacksonville, Florida. Evoqua will provide its Wastewater Ion Exchange technology for the service branch to clean inorganic and metal compounds in industrial wastewater at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, the company said Friday. The company also aims to help the Navy comply with […] More
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Lockheed-Built F-35A Completes Transatlantic Crossing From Italy to Maryland
A Lockheed Martin-built F-35A Lightning II aircraft landed Friday at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland after it completed its first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, Defense News reported Saturday. Lara Seligman writes an Italian air force pilot flew the AL-1 fighter jet from an air base in Portugal to Maryland for seven hours […] More
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Raytheon Subcontracts SES Gov’t Solutions for FAA Uplink Stations; Tim Deaver Comments
Raytheon has awarded SES Government Solutions a subcontract to develop two stations for the GEO Uplink Subsystem in support of the ground and space operations of the Federal Aviation Administration“™s Wide Area Augmentation System. WAAS is a navigation tool that works to detect errors in position estimates through the monitoring of GPS signals across the National […] More
